Symposium in Vienna: "Current Security Challenges for Europe: NATO, its Partners and the Warsaw Summit"

Published: June 16, 2016; 15:00 · (FriedlNews)

The upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Warsaw from 8th to 9th July 2016 sees the organization facing numerous challenges. The withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan and rising tensions in the European area – from the conflict in Ukraine to the migration crisis, effected the question of the role of NATO’s Partnership for Peace under the new circumstances. A conference in Vienna with the working title "Current Security Challenges for Europe: NATO, its Partners and the Warsaw Summit" intends to discuss these and other pertinent issues.

The upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Warsaw from 8th to 9th July 2016 sees the organization facing numerous challenges.

The withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan has resulted in the reduction of importance of participating in international peace operations for NATO.

At the same time, rising tensions in the European area – from the conflict in Ukraine to the migration crisis – gave new impetus to the task of preparing for defending the members of NATO.

This in turn effected the question of the role of NATO’s Partnership for Peace under the new circumstances.

The conference, organized jointly by the Austrian National Defence Academy, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, as well as the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy intends to discuss these and other pertinent issues.

Diplomats, officers and scholars from various countries will present different views of these questions.

The Austrian National Defence Academy and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland will organize the Symposium„Current Security Challenges for Europe: NATO, its Partners and the Warsaw Summit“ on Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 09:00 – 16:00 at the Austrian National Defence Academy, in 1070 Vienna, Stiftgasse 2a.

Programme:

09:00 Opening and Welcome

LtGen Erich CsitkovitsCommandant, National Defence Academy

H.E. Artur LorkowskiAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,Republic of Poland in the Republic of Austria